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September 6, 2008 at 11:05:24
ON OBAMA BEING A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER / IT'S ABOUT BEING IN SERVICE 
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Newsweek: Do you think the time that Obama spent organizing was important to his political career? Kellman: " I think it was the pivotal public experience of his public life. It's where his basic orientation in public life was formed. He learned that the way to get things done is to get people to work together, even though they may not like each other. His sense of compromise also developed there. Basically you carve out your ethical limits and make sure to never cross them but, within them, understand the need to use compromise to get things done. There's also his comfort with narrative. What he did was take this passion he had for story, which brought him to the brink of wanting to try being a novelist and short story writer, and began to use it as an organizer. That's the way he communicates still. Even one to one, sometimes his staff has to pull him away from a conversation because he's so eager to get people's story. A lot of that orientation was formed in organizing, his sense of what it means to be outside of things." Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
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People do not understand the term
I watched "Real Time" with Bill Maher and guest Michael Steele, the Republican Lt. Governor of Maryland kept arguing against Obama's work as a community organizer. From the way he framed his sentences and from the responses he got from the other people on the panel, it indicated to me that they thought that being a community organizer meant signing people up to join the Democratic party. by Freddie Venezia (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 46 comments [9 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:44:55 AM  (0+)
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Reply: People Do Not Understand the Term
Great point, Fred. The extreme right-wing GOP dimwits will never understand what public service is. After all, among the first community organizers was Jesus Christ Himself. Barak Obama was just following in His footsteps - perhaps, not quite realizing it - but, organizing in areas of Chicago hardest hit by the closing of the only steel plant certainly falls into the category of helping one's neighbors. by eileen kuch (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 151 comments [14 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:43:30 PM (0+)
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GOOD POINT, FREDDIE
From the way he framed his sentences and from the responses he got from the other people on the panel, it indicated to me that they thought that being a community organizer meant signing people up to join the Democratic party. Good point, Freddie ~ people hear what they want to hear particularly the Republican right wing. Never underestimate the stupidity of a large portion of the American people ~ particularly far right Republicans who still support Bush's economic policies. Community service is a foreign concept to them and to be avoided at all costs ~ and most certainly misunderstood as to its benefits to society. Allen L Roland by Allen L Roland (1045 articles, 7 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 420 comments [15 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:48:30 PM (0+)
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Some thing stinks here.
I closely watched the Obama, McCain, and Padin bios this weekend. Nothing on Biden not a word. Why? Even more telling was how little we know of what Obama was really doing in New York and why he left. Why will these people not talk to the press? To be honest the time in New York sounds very fishy. No home, living on the streets, while on drugs possibly dealing drugs? Did he really graduate from college? Has anyone seen his transcripts? Why would anyone (even a black guy) with a degree from such a prestigious college have a hard time getting a job anywhere? The best job he could find was as COMMUNITY ORGANIZER? Note - he said he sent out quite a number of resumes... and this was the only offer he got? This has just left me with too many questions. I know Harvard will accept people without checking on under graduate degrees, because they offered me to attend their business graduate school before I had finished my under graduate degree. by Gallaher (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 990 comments [34 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:45:43 PM (0+)
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Why don't you do some research?
I have read both of Senator Obama's books and "Faith of My Fathers" by John McCain. Your comment sounds like "push polling", a practice where questions are actually used to spread disinformation. I would never accuse you of intentionally employing that practice, but when questions are thrown about without research, then disinformation is propagated. Being able to ask an intelligent question requires at least some information based on fact. by Freddie Venezia (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 46 comments [9 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:45:56 PM (0+)
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